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My gorgeous and talented friend Leigh gave me a little notebook that I keep in my purse. I use it to write down titles of books and movies I come across, grocery lists, and random bits of conversation that I want to remember. I was just going through it and found some random notes with absolutely no context AT ALL.

Interpretive cave tap isn’t something just everyone can pull off.

It’s not like you can soft-shoe in a cave.

That’s a go-to-hell Mennonite shed with nice shangles.

She’s common as pig tracks.

“Think of it as reupholstering. Your face is like a sofa. Every twenty years or so it gets worn from too many people sitting on it.” (Note: I believe that might be from an Elizabeth Berg novel.)

Definitely use grommets.

Tell him how the cow ate the cabbage.

Then I am a liar and you are a pretty little girl.

Plow behind a willing mule.

Gassy goblins

“I’m not your cleaning-up monkey.”

“I think in this case the point IS mute because you aren’t listening to me.”

One Response to “Just Some Notes I Made”

I suspect that fourth from the bottom is Dorothy Parker or maybe HL Mencken (some say they were the same person). I am stealing number three and probably “snot-slinging drunk.” In fact, yes, for sure “snot-slinging drunk.” I have just the place for it in a story right now.